Michael Worobey

Michael Worobey is a Canadian evolutionary biologist, and a professor and department head of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.[1][2][3] In May 2021, Worobey signed a letter, published in the journal Science, calling for a thorough investigation into the origins of COVID-19, including the possibility of a lab leak.[4] Then, after thoroughly analyzing the available data, Worobey hypothesized that the virus most likely originated with animals sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market and subsequently jumped to humans.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Michael Worobey". Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. December 3, 2019.
  2. "Clearest-ever study of HIV's North American origins exonerates Canada's 'patient zero'". The Toronto Star. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. Buyting, Sonya (March 26, 2021). "COVID 'fuse' may have been lit weeks or months before the 'bomb' in Wuhan market: researcher". Quirks & Quarks. CBC Radio.
  4. Bloom, Jesse D.; Chan, Yujia Alina; Baric, Ralph S.; Bjorkman, Pamela J.; Cobey, Sarah; Deverman, Benjamin E.; Fisman, David N.; Gupta, Ravindra; Iwasaki, Akiko; Lipsitch, Marc; Medzhitov, Ruslan; Neher, Richard A.; Nielsen, Rasmus; Patterson, Nick; Stearns, Tim; Nimwegen, Erik van; Worobey, Michael; Relman, David A. (May 14, 2021). "Investigate the origins of COVID-19". Science. 372 (6543): 694. Bibcode:2021Sci...372..694B. doi:10.1126/science.abj0016. PMC 9520851. PMID 33986172. S2CID 234487267.
  5. Doucleff, Michaeleen (July 19, 2021). "New Data Leads To Rethinking (Once More) Where The Pandemic Actually Began". NPR.org.
  6. First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist Claims; November 18, 2021
  7. Michael Worobey (18 November 2021). "Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan". Science. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.ABM4454. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 34793199. Wikidata Q109657653.


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